Depth map encoding method and apparatus thereof, and depth map decoding method and apparatus thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a depth map frame decoding method including reconstructing a color frame obtained from a bitstream based on encoding information of the color frame; splitting a largest coding unit of a depth map frame obtained from the bitstream into one or more coding units based on split information of the depth map frame; splitting the one or more coding units into one or more prediction units for prediction decoding; determining whether to split a current prediction unit into at least one partition and decode the current prediction unit by obtaining information indicating whether to split the current prediction unit into the at least one or more partitions from the bitstream; if it is determined that the current prediction unit is to be decoded by being split into the at least one or more partitions, obtaining prediction information of the one or more prediction units from the bitstream and determining whether to decode the current prediction unit by using differential information indicating a difference between a depth value of the at least one or more partitions corresponding to an original depth map frame and a depth value of the at least one or more partitions predicted from neighboring blocks of the current prediction unit; and decoding the current prediction unit by using the differential information based on whether to split the current prediction unit into the at least one or more partitions and whether to use the differential information.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a U.S. national stage application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT / KR2014 / 003010, filed on Apr. 7, 2014, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 808,876, filed on Apr. 5, 2013, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.1. FIELD[0002]Methods and apparatuses consistent with exemplary embodiments relate to encoding and decoding of video data including a depth image.2. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART[0003]As hardware for reproducing and storing high resolution or high quality video content has been developed, there is an increasing need for a video codec capable of effectively encoding or decoding the high resolution or high quality video content. According to a conventional video codec, video is encoded according to a limited encoding method based ...

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Benefits of technology

This patent focuses on methods and devices for creating and viewing 3D videos. In particular, it describes methods and devices for efficiently translating depth map images into digital video to achieve efficient 3D video production.

Problems solved by technology

A depth map frame decoding apparatus may perform an operation of unnecessarily obtaining differential information from a bitstream even though the differential information is unused.

Thus, the depth map frame decoding apparatus may not unnecessarily perform an operation of obtaining the differential information.

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